The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-10-01
SOUTHERN GL.EANlNGS.

IN Georgia are said TO be in Dolly County. |
Samuel Cason is seven feet and two inches |
high, while Miss Anna Hall, perfect,
sprightly, and intelligent lady of fifteen |
summers, is only thirty inches tall.
A band Of mass ed men attacked the
cabin of Adam NJ Hard, colored, on a
plantation near Cutnbert, Ga. few days |
ago, killing and wounding several of the |
inmates. The attack grew out of an en-
counter between Mollard'S sou aud Buck
Smith, the owner of the plantation, in
which the former was shot and slightly
wounded. On the night before the attack
on the cabin load Of buckshot was fired
into Smiths bedroom, but no damage re-
suited.
General VIM. Preston died at Lexing-
ton, KY, a few days since, surrounded by
his family. He had been i'll since July.
His remains were buried at Louisville.
The jury at Baton Rouge, La, in the
case of ex-Secretary of State w. A. Strong
returned a verdict of guilty as charged.
Strong was indicted for the embezzlement
of about 50, 600 of the States money in con.
nection with the sale Of election-ticket pa.
per.
Dick Gibbs, colored, aged sixteen, and
Ulysses Price, white, eighteen, had a fight
at Hawesville, KY, few days ago. They
fought at first with their fists, but Gibbs
being too much for Price, the latter seized
an axe which was lying near and split his
! adversary's head with it. Price imme-
diately fed.
The Georgia Senate has passed its sub
stitute for the Glenn bill by vote of 90 to
10. The bill merely withdraws the State
money from educational institutions
where races are mixed and makes gradu.
ates ineligible for teachers places.
A general fight took place among
large gang of railroad negroes near Wit
ton, Botetourt County, Va, few days
ago, in which many were wounded, and
one man named Ross will die. The origin
of the difficulty is not known.
Joseph Baum e. Co., wholesale dealers
in general merchandise at Meridian,
Miss, have made an assignment Their
Liabilities and assets are placed at S35)OO0
each. The principal creditors are in Phil.
adelphia.
Mrs. Minerva Beard died at her home in
Greensboro, KY, few nights ago, in the
seventy-seventh year of her age. Her
maiden name was Boone, and she was a
niece of Daniel Boone, the Kentucky
pioneer. She has one brother living, Mr..
Lafayette Boone, of New Madrid, Mo.
Calvin Antry is lying at the house of his
father, Samuel A. Antry, at Alphraetta,
Ca, at the point of death. His forehead
is crushed in, his nose is smashed into a
jelly and his eyes are protruding. Calvin
met this misfortune while trying to play
the role of ghost.
Mr.. CASTOR McGee, of Guntown, Miss.
died at the Coveness House, in Jackson
Tenn, n few days ago. He was a promi'
nent merchant who had been toSt. Louis
with his family to buy goods. He was
taken seriously i'll, suddenly, EN- route fol
home. When he arrived in jackson he was
carried to the hotel, where he soon dice
with his family around him. His remains
were shipped home for interment
The Atlanta Constitution pleasantly re
marks: "Twenty three years ago yester-
day q route agent named w. T. Sherman
piloted the biggest party of excursionist'
into Atlanta that ever visited Georgia
Efforts We're made to entertain the party
here, but they decided to extend their tril
to Savannah"
The rear portion of freight train on tn,
South Carolina railroad broke loose
few days since while the train was run
ming on down grade between st. Math
ews and Singleton. After momentarN
= check it crashed into the front section
W. A. Perkins, brakeman, was crushed
to death.
, Judge Jackson Graham, an old school
mate of Abraham Lincoln, was buried il
,tl I'm D
Graham was born in Green County. Ky.
, on the 2Sth day of September, 1915, ant
was in his seventy second year. He helt
many responsible places Of public trust il
his county. Prior to the war; he was en-
e gagged extensively in the stock trade be
I tween Kentucky and Georgia, and whel
Y the war commenced he had the larges
Z business in this line between the tw
States.
a Jack Debose, the negro arrested on sus
y picions of numbering the Voolfolk family
at Canton, Ga, has confessed his guilt
His motive was revenge for alleged i'll
treatment by Captain Voolfolk Debos
claims that he did not actually kill tn
people, but that three negro accomplish
! entered the house and committed tn
butchery while Debose watched outside
5 He says he saw Tom Voolfolk jump fror
0 a window and run for his life. Tom, VIII
has been under arrest for the crime, vii
= doubtless be released.
/, A Lake City (Fla.) correspondent say
a a movement has been started in LAX
+ County which is rapidly spreading al
over the State, for the organization of
shippers union, to regulate the sale an
shipment of oranges, lemons and othe
a fruits. The plan is to dispense with til
: present commission men in the Norther
: and Western cities, and placed there III
stead trusted agents of the union. Tn
: hope is felt that these will not only al
4 range larger return for the sales fror
the North, but that it will raise tn
prices of the products also.
W. T, Wood, aged forty years, an
: formerly a merchant of MurfreeSbOrt
Tenn, died few days ago from an owe
a dose of morphine administered by his ow
:. hands. Woods arrived in the city in con
S pany with his brother-inlaw, DR.. j.
= Binnis, from Cincinnati, where he Wa
coma ,,-aal-c for two ay,f of a